<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi, Alice<br><br>I have a Roman piece from Porolissum that could be worth putting on a calendar. The pocket knife handle depicting Eros riding a dolphin is one of the most beautiful Roman bone carvings from the province of Dacia. It is dated in the 2nd -3rd century AD and it comes from the big auxiliary fort from Porolissum. You can decide if it is unique enough to "represent" a month in 2010.<br>All the best<br>Lorant<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Alice Choyke <h13017cho@iif.hu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
"aesr05@ukgateway.net" <aesr05@ukgateway.net>; "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <bonetools@listserv.niif.hu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, October 27, 2009 2:04:13 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Bonetools] bone tool of the month<br></font><br>
<div>Anne -Clearly it would be very worthwhile trying to identify species and skeletal element for these combs more closely. How much seal bone is used in the Orkneys anyway?</div>
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<div>Alice<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:19 AM, <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:aesr05@ukgateway.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:aesr05@ukgateway.net">aesr05@ukgateway.net</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:aesr05@ukgateway.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:aesr05@ukgateway.net">aesr05@ukgateway.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I hesitate to extend this discussion, but wonder could it be seal bone??? Colour, texture looks good for that. Colleen<br>
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